Sunday, January 17, 2016

BREEZY AND BALMY

The breezy weather means sweaters or wraps in the early mornings and in the evenings. Temperatures rang from the mid- 70´s to the mid-80´s. The seven rivers of Vallarta run low and slow, and the white foam of high waves splash over the malecón and knock swimmers down on the beaches. Strong waves crash over the rocks on the beach next to the malecón and make a rumble as they roll back into the bay. Las Gemelas beach, even on Sundays during the winter, is a quiet place and the white powdery sand is rock free. The water is clear, clear clear and temperatures are in the mid-70´s.

PLAYA LAS GEMELAS ("THE TWINS" BEACH)

Bucerías, which means "place of divers," is a small beach resort town half-way between Puerto Vallarta and Sayulita, another popular beach resort. The charming town has cobblestone streets, a central plaza, a small church and an eighteen-mile stretch of beach. The area, known as the Riviera Nayarit, is home and part-time home to a number of northerners,

DONATIONS at clinic in Bucerias January 13-16: Organizers of the event put up a separate donation box and have not yet reported monies received for PEACEAnimals clinics. Dr. Poli,director of PEACEAnimals and Pets for Life, is the person regularly in charge of donations and expenses for clinics every week to Amy Welch, treasurer, and to me. Amount of clinic donations will be reported in the next blog.

This clinic was sponsored by Ken Dahl´s family foundation, which gave a grant of $2,000 USD to PEACEAnimals, earmarked for Bucerias. Sue Fornoff and her husband Harold Sokolove were the main organizers. Monies they raised via GoFundMe (total not received, but last count was a bit more than $300 USD) paid for the three banners they had made, flyers and truck and driver making megaphone announcements.

Another clinic for Bucerias, sponsored by Lucy Muniz and Gil Gevins, will be scheduled for this summer.

All
pet registration forms with signatures of owners or rescuers are submitted by
Dr. Poli to the local department of health, with copies to PEACEAnimals.

DONATIONS TO PEACEANIMALS in Punta de Mita - January 6-9 -140 pesos

ISLA CUALE PETS FOR LIFE ONE-DAY CLINIC SPONSORED BY SPCAPV ON 1/10:STERILIZATIONS: 62 cats and dogs

DONATIONS: 1,710 PESOS

Unfortunately some pet owners had to be turned away. After registrations were closed at the at 10 AM, a couple arrived with a feral female cat. It had been difficult for them to trap and the people had driven an hour to get to the clinic. The cat was accepted for surgery and will be released back where found.

A
visiting vet from the U.S. helped at this clinic and made the
suggestion that all cats arrive in kennels with two white towels wrapped
around them and that a donation be mandatory. Mexico has a poverty rate of 65-70%, which
precludes the ability of most pet owners to purchase kennels. The majority of
felines arriving at PEACEAnimals clinics are brought to us in bird
cages, cardboard boxes, food crates, backpacks, purses, and wrapped up in towels.
Dogs are often brought to us with just a rope or chain link around their necks. Tourists see the beaches, restaurants and shops. They
don´t see the impoverished neighborhoods and towns in which PEACEAnimals often
holds mobile clinics. We are grateful that pet owners are becoming
more and more aware of the importance of spay/neuter. People who who
can afford to donate usually do, even the children. As the people coming to clinics already own the animal and care enough to have it sterilized, we assume they place value on their pet.

Pets for
Life, a Mexican SC (business), is the vet team with which PEACEAnimals has a work arrangement. We
are guaranteed 30 surgery weeks (4 days) of clinics annually. Pets for
Life is available for hire the remainder of the year. To date, this has
worked out to be 39 surgery weeks annually for PEACEAnimals and 9 surgery week clinics annually for Pets for Life, either in Oaxaca or in Nayarit.
The Isla Cuale project is a monthly one with a cost of 4,500 pesos for a
thirty-animal clinic. If more than that are sterilized, extra costs are added and can be confirmed by Pets for Life.

On Tuesday, Soraya of Puro Gato received a message saying there was a pretty pale grey cat by the Hortensia Hotel, which is located near the Isla Cuale. She picked up the discarded cat that had been someone´s pet. Dr. Manuel Peña of Mascota´s offered to spay the cat without charge, and the manager of the hotel was persuaded by Soraya to keep the cat. Happy Ending for "Hortensia."

April 13-16 - el Tuito- From Puerto Vallarta south on carretera 200 - one hour driving time. After passing thorugh El Columpio, you will soon you will see a
sign saying “La Hermosa.”

Look for the next right, which is a wide road that veers off to the
right. There is a large, blue sign that says "Cabo Corrientes" right
before you veer off to the right. (There are a bunch of tow trucks
parked on the right side.) Take that road.

Proceed on that road. Soon you will cross a little bridge.
Continue straight for approx.1 block. Turn right at the stop sign. Go
approx. 2-3 blocks, (you will pass the supermarket on the right). When
you see the church, on your left, go to the end of that block. Turn
right onto Calle Jalisco. (there is a vacant lot on the corner with a
cyclone fence & a “Se Vende” sign). The clinic will be held in the first house on the left, recognizable by a cement bottle wall.

VOLUNTARIOS LLEGAN A LAS 7 DE LA MAÑANA PARA ATRAPAR GATOS PARA ESTERILIZAR. GATOS SOCIABLES Y OPERADOS VAN ESTAR EN ADOPCIÓN. LAS CLÍNICAS VAN A ABRIR A LAS 9. ADOPCIÓNES DE PURO GATO CADA FECHA APARTIR DE LAS 11 HASTA LAS 2.IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP TRAP ISLA CUALE CATS, PLEASE COME WITH OR WITHOUT A TRAP ON THE DATES BELOW AT 7 AM. CLINICS WILL OPEN AT 9. PURO GATO WILL HOLD ADOPTIONS ON THE ISLA FROM 11-2 ON THESE SAME DATES.

Marzo 6 - domingo - COLINA (this clinic will not be held on the island. It will be held at

COLINA free clinic - Carranza 491 in colonia Emiliano Zapata).

Abril 3 - domingo - PURR PROJECT

Mayo 8 - domingo - PV ANIMAL

Junio 5 -domingo - SHANNON BESTON

Julio 3 - domingo - PEACE

Agosto 7 - domingo - SPCA

Septiembre 4 - domingo - ANGELICAT

Octubre 2 - domingo - PURR PROJECT

Noviembre 6 - domingo - PV ANIMAL

Diciembre 4- domingo - PURO GATO

THE ABOVE GROUPS HAVE HIRED AND WILL PAY PETS FOR LIFE 4,500 PESOS FOR THE STERILIZATION OF 30 ANIMALS. IF NUMBERS ARE GREATER, THE SAME ORGANIZATIONS WILL REQUEST DONATIONS FROM THEIR SUPPORTERS TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.

WE
NEED LOCATIONS FOR OUR CLINICS IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND TOWNS.
REQUIRED: BATHROOM, ELECTRICITY, WATER AND PARKING

CLÍNICA EN BUCERIAS

CLÍNICA EN BUCERIAS

NOTE:
PEACEAnimals, per our agreement with independent contractors, Pets for Life, is
obliged to pay extra for driving time and gasoline for areas outside Puerto
Vallarta.We ask that private or government
groups pay those extra expenses.

GATA RECUPERANDO DESPUÉS DE CIRUGÍA EN BUCERIAS

Clinic
schedule, including directions and other clinic information are always on
website: www.peaceanimals.org
and on this blog: www.gretchen-peace-and-pv.blogspot.com

Please
"like" PEACEAnimals and Calle Cero on FaceBook.

LUNCH DONATIONS
NEEDED FOR VET TEAM: PEACEAnimals has a budget of 70 pesos per vet team individual
(three persons) per day for 4 days a week for lunches.

Please consider
bringing lunches for our vet team to the clinics. If you can do this, please
advise so we can create a lunch schedule. By having lunches donated, these
savings can used for purchases of supplies and medicines.

If directions
needed, please call our dedicated line (directions are only in Spanish) or refer
to our website or this blog:113 3955

COST FOR ONE SURGERY
WEEK CLINIC IS APPROXIMATELY $1,800 USD.

PLEASE CONSIDER
MAKING A DONATION VIA CHECK, CREDIT CARD, PAYPAL, BEQUEST OR STOCK
TRANSFER. Note: Stocks are transferred at full value without the
donating stock owner being taxed.

DONATION change effective
Oct 1, 2015:

PEACEAnimals is
under the umbrella of Banderas Bay Charities, Inc., a US 501 (c)(3)
charity located in Portland, Oregon. Please
make payments payable to either BBC INC or Banderas Bay Charities, Inc.
Donations are tax deductible and should be earmarked for PEACEAnimals.

1 comment:

In kennels with two white towels...........TOO funny! What is wrong with beige towels I ask? Some of our volunteers want GAUZE for ear cleaning - this also horrifies me! I have become almost as frugal as Poli.

About Me

Gretchen DeWitt is president of the board of directors of PEACEAnimals, which was founded in 2011. She was co-founder of the SPCAPV, where she served as president for 18 months before joining the board of directors of PEACE MEXICO. Her focus was raising funds for "Ayuda a los Animales," a free spay/neuter program.